stechen

n; -s, kein Pl.

1. sharp (wiederholt: stabbing) pain; (Seitenstechen) stitch

2. SPORT etc.: play-off, Am. playoff; Pferdesport: jump-off

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(Biene) to sting;

(Nadel) to prickle; to prick;

(Stock) to jab

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Stẹ|chen ['ʃtɛçn]

nt -s, -

1) (SPORT) play-off; (bei Springreiten) jump-off

2) (= Schmerz) sharp pain

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1) (to poke or prod: He jabbed me in the ribs with his elbow; She jabbed the needle into her finger.) jab

2) (to pierce slightly or stick a sharp point into: She pricked her finger on a pin; He pricked a hole in the paper.) prick

3) (to push with something pointed; to poke: He prodded her arm with his finger.) prod

4) (to wound or hurt by means of a sting: The child was badly stung by nettles/mosquitoes; Do those insects sting?) sting

5) (to wound or pierce with a pointed instrument or weapon: He stabbed him (through the heart / in the chest) with a dagger.) stab

6) (to push (something sharp or pointed) into or through something: She stuck a pin through the papers to hold them together; Stop sticking your elbow into me!) stick

7) (to defeat (an ordinary card) by playing a card from the trump suit: He trumped (my king) with a heart.) trump

8) (a sudden sharp pain: He felt a twinge (of pain) in his neck; a twinge of regret.) twinge

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Ste·chen

<-s, ->

[ˈʃtɛçn̩]

nt

1. (stechender Schmerz) sharp [or stabbing] pain, stitch

2. (beim Reiten) jump-off

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das; Stechens, Stechen (Sport) jump-off

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stechen; sticht, stach, hat gestochen

A. v/t & v/i

1. Nadel, Dorn etc: prick; Wespe etc: sting; Mücke: bite; mit einem Messer: stab; Wolle: prick, be prickly; Sonne: burn;

mit dem Messer nach jemandem stechen stab at (oder attack) sb with a knife;

sich (dat)

in den Daumen stechen prick one’s thumb;

mich hat etwas gestochen sth has stung (oder bitten) me

2. fig:

in die Nase stechen Geruch: sting one’s nose;

jemandem in die Augen stechen strike sb, catch sb’s eye

3. Kartenspiel: take a trick; mit einer Trumpfkarte: trump, play a trump;

mit dem König den Buben stechen take (oder trump) the jack with the king

3. (die Stechuhr betätigen) clock in (oder on); beim Weggehen: clock out (oder off); → See¹ 1

B. v/t

1. (Torf, Rasen, Spargel) cut

2. (Schwein) stick

3. (Aale) spear

4. in Kupfer: cut, engrave (

in +akk into); → gestochen, Hafer

C. v/i

1. SPORT etc have a play-off; Pferdesport: jump off;

bei Gleichstand müssen wir stechen if the scores are equal we will have to have a play-off

2. (schmerzen):

mein Herz sticht I’ve got a sharp (oder pricking) pain in my heart

3. unpers:

es sticht mir oder

mich im Rücken/in der Seite I’ve got a sharp (wiederholt: stabbing) pain in my back/side; bei Seitenstechen: I’ve got a stitch

D. v/r prick o.s. (

an +dat on;

mit with);

Vorsicht, stich dich nicht! careful, don’t prick yourself!

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das; Stechens, Stechen (Sport) jump-off

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- n.

pang n.

twinge n.